Kanji1 / 9
前 kanji
in front, before
- JLPT level
- N5 (unofficial)
- First appears in
- N5 vocabulary
- Strokes
- 9
- School grade
- Grade 2 (elementary school)
On readings
ゼン
Kun readings
まえ-まえ
Words with 前
LevelWord & meaningActions
- N5午前Popularmorning; a.m.
- N3以前Popularbefore; prior to; ago; the past; before; previously; former times
- N3前者Popularthe former; the first
- N3前進Popularadvance; moving forward; progress
- N2前後Popularfront and rear; front and back; before and behind; back and forth; before and after; around; about; approximately; order; context; consequences; just when; around the time of; inversion; reversion; getting out of order; co-occurring; happening at the same time
- N2直前Popularjust before; just prior to; right in front of; just in front of
- N1事前Popularprior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante
- N1前提Popularcondition; assumption; prerequisite; hypothesis; intention; intent; aim; goal; premise
- N1前途Popularfuture; prospects; outlook; journey ahead; distance yet to cover
- N1前例Popularprecedent
- —前Popularlast (i.e. immediately preceding); previous; ex-; former; pre- (e.g. premodern); before; before; earlier
- —空前Popularunprecedented; record-breaking
- —寸前Popularjust before; on the verge of; on the brink of; just in front of; just ahead of
- —生前Popularwhile alive; during one's lifetime
- —戦前Popularpre-war days; before the war
- —前衛Popularadvance guard; vanguard; avant-garde; forward (player)
- —前回Popularprevious time; last time; previous installment; previous instalment; previous session
- —前期Popularfirst term; first half-year; preceding period; early period
- —前記Popularaforesaid; above-mentioned; said; above
- —前週Popularlast week; the week before